JP Caparas is the curator of Pedalan. The platform is his own: the Pedalan name, the pedalan.com domain and the logo belong to him. He chooses and checks what is published here, and he keeps the website running.
His work
JP is a software engineer and independent consultant based in Auckland, New Zealand. Teams bring him in when a software project has become complicated. He helps them decide what to build first, get a working version out, or explain a system that nobody fully understands.
He has spent more than a decade building software for companies in New Zealand and overseas. He is the founder and principal developer of Duly, a property research platform for New Zealand that uses artificial intelligence. He is also principal engineer at Zenoware, where he builds custom software and tools that he shares publicly.
JP is the OpenAI Codex and Devin ambassador for New Zealand. Both are artificial intelligence tools that help programmers write software. In March 2026 he hosted the Codex meetup in Auckland.
What he has built and written
JP built Kislap, a directory for Filipinos living overseas. He made it so that finding the nearest Filipino bakery, or a clear answer to a visa question, takes one search.
He edits and publishes Sulat News, an independent news outlet that covers artificial intelligence and technology. Sulat is the Tagalog word for writing. He also edits AI @ Sulat, a publication on Medium, where he writes practical guides to working with AI coding tools. He has contributed to Laravel News as well.
His link to Angeles City
JP studied at Holy Angel University in Angeles City, Pampanga. He holds two degrees from the university: a bachelor’s degree in accounting (2006 to 2010) and a master’s degree in information technology (2011 to 2014). Angeles City is also where the first event listed on Pedalan will be held.
What he does on Pedalan
- Chooses and checks what the site publishes.
- Maintains the website and its event entry system.
- Sets the editorial rules described in How Pedalan works.
- Supervises the automated news desk, which drafts news stories from published reports.
The events listed on Pedalan are run by their own organizers, who are named on each event page.
Find him elsewhere
JP’s own website is jpcaparas.com. He is also on GitHub, LinkedIn and Medium. To reach him about Pedalan, please use the contact form.